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MXL AC-404 Black USB Connector USB-Powered Microphone

MXL AC-404

USB-Powered Microphone

Part of our ProCon series, the AC-404 USB is a high quality capsule microphone that dramatically improves voice quality on conference calls. Ideal for people who rely on free or subscription internet conferencing services such as Skype™, the AC-404 conference mic uses boundary microphone technology and built-in custom circuitry to produce smooth, quiet, and professional sounding conferences, no matter where you are.

the AC-404 USB is a high quality capsule microphone that dramatically improves voice quality on conference calls. Ideal for people who rely on free or subscription internet conferencing services such as Skype™, the AC-404 conference mic uses boundary microphone technology, built-in custom circuitry, and automatic gain control to produce smooth, quiet, and above all professional sounding conferences, no matter where you are.

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Rating: 1/5It is Hands down Terrible

Pros: It works although it picks up the TV in the other room and anything my wife says and if my dog farts, it catches that too.

Cons: It picks up EVERYTHING from my case/fan noise to my wife's TV through a door. Adjusted it up adjusted it down never found a perfect medium it now makes a impressive paperweight after getting constantly nagged about my terrible mike by everybody in TS and Ventrilo. I bought a 75$ paper weight thanks.

Other Thoughts: Not worth buying unless you live in a soundproof room and have no background noise.

Rating: 1/5Horrible for gaming

Cons: I use this as a desktop microphone for my computer. The microphone is super sensitive and needs to be turned down to 40-30% to operate at a reasonable volume. At full volume, you'll blast your friends away with static. They can't hear you, will assume your mic is garbage, and will be angry and annoyed. When the settings are correct, the mic is amazing. Here's the problem though: the mic just can't hold its settings. the volume will randomly switch between 100% and your actual settings, and this change won't even always be reflected in the settings page. For CS:GO and Dota 2, or really any application with horrible microphone software, you'll never know if your microphone is working or not. You might be playing for a few minutes with everything working fine, and suddenly your mic starts obliterating your teammates' ears.

Other Thoughts: Use this mic for skype and audio conferencing, NOT for games. Since I bought this microphone just for playing online, I give this mic 1 egg. I've never regretted buying something so much. I tried to make it work for a year, but I'm sick of the bugs. Time to move on to something that consistently works.

Rating: 5/5Fantastic!

Pros: Excellent microphone. We were suffering from cheap webcam microphones for conference calls and I bought 2 of these to supplement the setup. Night and day difference -- you can now hear everyone in the room even with clapping and laughter.

Rating: 5/5Great quality-worth the price

Pros: This has a nice quality, chunky, heavy all-metal construction. Using it on a Macbook Air for all the various video chat applications and works superb. I used to have the input volume cranked all the way up and people could still barely hear me and words would be garbled. With this mic the input volume is barley halfway turned up and people say it's like being in the same room it's so clear.

Cons: I need to pull it out and connect it to my laptop for video chats. I also have to be more careful about what I fiddle with or do off-screen while video chatting, since people can hear EVERYTHING that happens around me now, like planes flying overhead or dogs barking next door.

Other Thoughts: It came shipped in a bubble-wrap envelope instead of a box. The mic box was all crushed to smithereens and the plastic bag the mic was in was pressed so hard against the mic it was shredding against the top grating. When I pulled the mic out there wasn't a scratch or dent on it, that's how durable it is.

Rating: 5/5Objectively Superior

Pros: Superior clarity, range, and build quality. I love that it's heavy. I also really like the neo-retro look of this mic. The rubber base pad is nice too. Plus, it's USB so you can extend the signal distance with a USB extension and hub, while an analog-only mic's signal would degrade considerably with an extension.We host a daily company-wide video-conference with 16 people standing/sitting scattered around a roughly 400 sq foot open work floor with moderate background noise from running equipment. After installing this mic and finding the right spot to place it, I received several comments from the other end saying that it sounded so much clearer, and even the people in the back are more audible now. Even though the speakers are behind the mic, there is no feedback at high volumes. We use Google Hangout for our video conference.

Cons: It was damaged (bent grill) in shipping. I can't ding the device's rating for this, and since it is hardly noticeable and doesn't affect performance, I'm not going to bother replacing it. Be warned though, Newegg shipped this highly sensitive and relatively expensive piece of equipment in a bubble-wrap envelope. Others may not be so lucky (or complacent) as me. Be prepared to return it.

Other Thoughts: It comes with the same kind of cleaning cloth that eye glasses or tablet PC's come with. Why?

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